#this event is so fucking funny esp after his bday

[seokmashu]

idk why does mnet want to portray ricky as an intimidating person in the first place (but ngl i thought he was that intimidating until i see previews of him during ollie's bday event just as what you've mentioned)

he definitely has a lovely side of him that mnet doesn't seem to show us (fuck mnet)

it's bc mnet didn't want more than one chinese member in zb1 hmm idk 🤔

based on previous seasons of produce and gp999 it's pretty obvious that mnet would prefer to have a mostly korean team with maybe 1-3 foreign members, so it's (sadly) unsurprising to see how the editing subtly promotes the members that the producers advocate for and either ignores or evil edits the rest

although i'm glad their bs vote manipulation got called out in the past, it's crazy to see all the little ways they still tried to manipulate the audience's votes through editing, screen time, interim rankings, etc and i'm sure this will just continue in the future :(

that being said i'm so glad we've been able to see more of lovelicky since their debut!! i didn't know how mischievous and funny ricky was until after the show and his dynamic with gyuvin is so fun to watch :') i'm sure we'll be able to see the hidden sides to the other members too esp when the reality show comes out!!! I'M SO EXCITED AAAA

#oops this got way longer than i intended it to #but to think of all the little interactions we were ROBBED of #tbh idk if anyone's watched it but the unit did a pretty good job of giving equal screen time to all of their trainees #in fact i recognized hangyul from it before produce x 101 #however. i HATED rain as a judge lol #nina answers #riri 🌛